Jan Quast

German boxer

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Jan Quast

Quast in 1987

Personal information

Nationality

German

Born

(1970-01-09) 9 January 1970 (age 54)
Rostock

Height

1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)

Medal record

Men’s Boxing

Representing Germany
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	Light Flyweight
European Amateur Championships
Representing East Germany
	1989 Athens	Light Flyweight

Jan Quast (born 9 January 1970 in Rostock) is a German former boxer who competed in the light flyweight (– 48 kg) division during the late 1980s, early 1990s.

Boxing career

As a junior he won a bronze medal at the 1987 World Junior Championships in Havana.^[1]

He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he won the bronze medal. In the semifinals he was stopped by Bulgaria's eventual runner-up Daniel Petrov. Quast also won the bronze medal at the 1989 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Athens and was a participant in the next three Championships in 1991 in Gothenburg, 1993 in Bursa and in 1996 in Vejle. He also participated in five World Championships in 1989 in Moscow, 1991 in Sydney, 1993 in Tampere, 1995 in Berlin and 1997 in Budapest.